Evan Smith, from Malibu, California, was worried about his friend, Big Bird. He didn't look very happy. "What's wrong, Big Bird?" Evan asked.

"Today is Clean-Sweep Day, the day we all help clean up the neighborhood." Big Bird sighed. "It's going to be a lot of work." "Don't worry," said Evan. "Cooper, Ryan and Alex showed me you can make a big job easier by turning it into a game. Let's try it. We can pick up trash s tarting with each letter of the alphabet."

"That'll be fun!" Big Bird smiled. So Big Bird spread the word about the great idea Evan had and the Clean-Sweep game began.

"Look, someone left a broken airplane here, right next to a stack of beat-up boxes," Evan said. "Amazing, that's our A and B!"

"Hey, this box is full of empty cans," called Big Bird. "C is for cans!"

"Cool, we can recycle them," Evan said. "Wow, we have A, B, and C already! Now let's find something that starts with D."

Just then, Rosita joined them. "How about these dishes, Evan?" she asked, holding cracked dishes from her tea set. "You can have these too," she added, handing over a stack of old envelopes. "I took all the neat stamps off them."

"Excellent!" said Evan.

By now, everyone on Sesame Street knew about the Clean-Sweep game.

"Elmo wants to play, too," Elmo said with a smile, carrying as many tattered gloves and bent forks as he could manage.

Elmo looked so silly Evan had to laugh. "Those forks are fabulous for F and your gloves will make a great G addition to our trash collection," he giggled.